GDC: 1 Million VR Sales Needed Before Ubisoft Invests

Before Ubisoft devotes real resources to the virtual reality craze, the publisher will need to see a significant number of people adopt the hardware, an executive said at GDC.

During a roundtable, the subject of VR was touched upon by Ubisoft's Vice President of Creative, Lionel Raynaud, GameSpot reports. Raynaud said, "VR would need to sell at least 1 million units to be viable for development."

At this stage, the market for VR headsets is very much unclear due to its availability. Earlier this week, Sony announced its VR headset, Project Morpheus, which is primarily designed as a PlayStation 4 peripheral. The unit is still in the prototype phase, and, as such, is not expected out until next year at the earliest. The Oculus Rift, meanwhile, is still only available as a development kit, and while a new version is on the way, there is still no official release date for a consumer-oriented model.

IGN got the chance to go hands-on with Project Morpheus at GDC; you can read our impressions here. You can also check out our impressions of the newest version of the Oculus Rift in the video below.